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CAMBODIA-ELECTION
Cambodian PM’s party wins sweeping victory in recent general election
PHNOM PENH, Aug 11, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – The ruling Cambodian People’s Party
(CPP) of Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen won a sweeping victory in the
July 29 general election, according to provisional results released on
Saturday.
Twenty political parties contested in the election.
The National Election Committee (NEC) provisional results indicated that
the CPP received 4.88 million votes, or 76.84 percent, of the total valid
votes.
The Funcinpec Party of Prince Norodom Ranariddh got 374,610 votes, or 5.88
percent, the League for Democracy Party of former opposition lawmaker Khem
Veasna earned 309,364 votes, or 4.86 percent, and the Khmer Will Party of
former opposition member Kong Monika received 212,669 votes, or 3.34 percent.
NEC said the official results with the allocation of seats in the
parliament will be announced on Aug. 15.
Based on the NEC results, the CPP had calculated that it had won all 125
seats in the parliament.
Hun Sen, 67, who has been in power for 33 years, will continue to lead the
government for another five years through the victory.
He said earlier this week that a new parliament will be formed on September
5, then, the new parliament will vote for the formation of a new government
on September 6.
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